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    copied!<p>My problem is that <code>chips</code> is not saving as a global variable for the argument it is passed. I am passing <code>$h1c</code> <em>(which is the number of total chips player's first hand has)</em>. So if he wins or loses, <code>chips</code> should then be set equal to <code>chips</code> <code>+</code> or <code>-</code> <code>betamount</code>.</p> <p>The problem is that it's not being saved as the global variable. If I were to write <code>$h1c = 150_000</code>, then it would equal that. If later on I write <code>$h1c = 150_000 + 50_000</code>, then 200_000 would be the new value of $h1c. </p> <p>For some reason this isn't working when I declare <code>chips = chips + betamount</code> , which is the same as saying <code>$h1c = $h1c + $h1bet</code>. </p> <pre><code>def review(hand, chips, betamount) abc = valueofcards(hand) #player's hand value klm = valueofcards($handD) #dealer's hand value if abc == klm and abc &lt; 19 puts "You tied" chips = chips elsif abc &gt; 18 puts "You lost" chips = chips - betamount elsif abc &lt; 19 and klm &gt; 18 puts "You won" chips = chips + betamount elsif abc &lt; 19 and abc &gt; klm puts "You won" chips = chips + betamount elsif abc &lt; 19 and klm &lt; 19 and klm &gt; abc puts "You lost" chips = chips - betamount end end </code></pre> <p>This is the where I pass the arguments to review:</p> <pre><code>def pre_review(num) puts "Recap of that round" puts "First Hand:" review($hand1, $h1c, $h1bet) muckcards(num) end </code></pre> <p>If need be, here is the link to the full code/game to test the problem out <a href="http://labs.codecademy.com/Bmvl#:workspace" rel="nofollow">http://labs.codecademy.com/Bmvl#:workspace</a> <em>Note: That I'm currently just trying to get this portion to work for $hand1, so you would select 1 for number of hands to play to reproduce this problem.</em></p>
 

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